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by twmahna 6y ago
Jessica (the author of this article) is too nice to give this article the clickbaity title it deserves: "The 3 things it takes to be a successful startup founder".
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by twmahna 6y ago
You seem to be refuting claims I never made. I'm simply perplexed that so many people don't know this market exists (as is indicated/suggested by the number of upvotes).
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by twmahna 6y ago
Welcome to the world of black hat services => https://www.blackhatworld.com/forums/seo-packages.206/
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by twmahna 6y ago
Some examples that come to mind: click fraud, phishing, malware.
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by twmahna 6y ago
Is this actually news to people? This has been happening for decades. The purpose is largely for SEO / sometimes for actual traffic. Just go google "private blog networks" (pbn) or "link farm".
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by twmahna 6y ago
The person who was accused of "stealing customer data" was the other co-founder - not Adora (CEO & now YC partner). If you actually look into the details of the matter, what happened was that the co-founder acquired the failed
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by twmahna 6y ago
Worth noting that the proximate cause of death is often times largely uninformative as to why the startup actually failed. Most failed startups fit into the following timeline: was burning more money than it was making => failed at rais
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by twmahna 6y ago
Interesting take! Why does this perspective make you bullish on Uber/Lyft? Isn't a large portion of their FCF tied to reducing labor costs by substituting drivers with self-driving tech? AB5 and Democrats potentially gaining unif
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by twmahna 6y ago
> I don't think it can be understated how much saying 'no politics' is a political statement. I disagree, and I think you're grossly overstating it. I can see how you could characterize their stance as "supportin
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by twmahna 6y ago
Based on the precedent set by Uber, Waymo will be held financially responsible, but won't face criminal charges. I'd be interested in reading more about the liability insurance coverage Waymo has for its self-driving program, but
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by twmahna 6y ago
Let's place skepticism aside for a second and assume that full driverless tech will be fully operating in major metros soon. What does that mean for the rideshare business? Are Uber/Lyft basically dead if they are years behind Way
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by twmahna 6y ago
Just a few months ago, I recall many skeptics on HN claiming that full driverless technology was 10-20 years away. Do those people still think that it's going to take 10-20 years for this tech to reach say, New York, now that it's
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by twmahna 6y ago
>> I'm skeptical that driverless vehicles can factor in all the ways in which someone might maliciously cause accidents or damage to these vehicles You're probably right, but as long as it doesn't happen frequently and
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by twmahna 6y ago
I've never considered having a list of people I wouldn't work for, but now I do. It's one thing to have a strong opinion on morality -- it's another to support violence against other moralities.
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by twmahna 6y ago
You bring up many good points, none of which I strongly disagree with. My only point was that it's not "easy and obvious" to "buy his debt and use it as leverage to extract political gain". There are many "out
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by twmahna 6y ago
> It doesn't work this way. Companies aren't valued based on how much cash they have on hand. Uh, yea they are. A company’s valuation is based on both the cash they have on hand AND future discounted cash flows. Once you corre
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by twmahna 6y ago
> There is no change in the value of the company. There are fewer shares outstanding though which means each existing share is worth more. The company's value decreases by the buyback amount. Share price (ignoring positive signalli
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by twmahna 6y ago
> The opportunity to buy that debt and call it as leverage to extract political gain is so easy and obvious If this happened, you don't think he'd be able to get another institution (or GOP constituent) to re-finance/backs
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by twmahna 6y ago
Huh, I don't know if I know one person who would honestly answer that question with a yes.
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by twmahna 6y ago
My guess is that this advice of "raise less money" is a result of hanging around too many successful founders. That is, if you talk to successful founders, they will generally wish they raised less money (due to dilution). And, if
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by twmahna 7y ago
I agree. Based on my reading of the study, the more accurate claim is: People no longer trust that their employers will take care of their long-term interests. There's little doubt in my mind that this claim is true.
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by twmahna 7y ago
Thank you for posting your perspective. As someone who's contemplating having kids in the distant future, I'm wondering if there's a way to predict whether these chemical changes will occur for me or not. Do you have any in
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Fiverr IPO’s at $700M valuation(barrons.com)
120 points by twmahna 7y ago|91 comments
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by twmahna 8y ago
To add onto this, I found it really constructive when I began to understand what was actually causing me to feel bad about being unhappy. That is, we all have an ideal self that we aspire to, and when we don't live up to this ideal, we
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by twmahna 9y ago
There's way too much money at stake here for this to be driven by grudges, emotions, or even reputations. Benchmark's stake in Uber is worth $9.1b -- many, many times the size of their fund. They will do anything they can to prot